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How students can use it Following leaders in industry and the academy. Staying current. Connect and network with professionals or other students. Research and find sources. Collaborate. Study it as a way to distribute news. Practice distributing news through Twitter.

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Research Many intelligent people are tweeting and willing to share their ideas. Insight into the social aspects of communication. Gain background for interviewing or writing Verify information Develop story ideas

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Live tweet assignment for capstone multimedia journalism course Students have to select an event or speech to cover live by tweeting about it on the colleges news site Twitter account. After tweeting the story, they have to write a follow-up story and post that to the colleges news website. Booklet with live tweet assignment Booklet Rubric for live tweet assignment Rubric

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How it worked Real world examples Practice assignment Targeted types of stories Other reporting tools -- RSS

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Live tweeting principles Live twitter stream is considered a story – it needs a beginning, middle and end. Use a hashtag. Automatically groups tweets identified with that hashtag, making topic search easy. How to demonstrate hashtags: – Twitterfall Twitterfall – Hootsuite Hootsuite

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Live tweeting principles Each tweet should cover one point at a time. Think subjects, verbs (like headlines). Strive to make each an understandable, self- contained message. Be a careful observer and have an eye open for novel and important information that might be relevant to your audience.

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Live tweeting tips Use good grammar. Punctuate for clarity. Always be professional. Avoid using exclamation points, emoticons, jargon and slang (including LOL)

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Ethics still apply Verify before you Tweet. Verify before you Tweet Admit what you dont know. Credit what youre using. Remember its public. Tweets can be libelous. Tweets can be libelous

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What didnt work Follow-ups were tricky Mechanical errors Photos were weak Logistics failed at times

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Why it matters They learn social media tools They use mobile tools They learn to be discerning They learn power of immediacy

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How it can be used in other classes Editing practice: Mimics headlines Reporting: Reinforces basics Great way to practice brevity and clarity in any type of writing writing

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How can be used in other classes Study new narrative forms Tweet a day – a running diary; followed by a compilation or a new perspective Fiction writing via Twitter Fiction writing – Writing very short fiction is not new. Ernest Hemingway once wrote the following six-word story: – For sale: baby shoes, never worn.

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Learning about a topic and staying current RSS readers help you quickly get up to speed on a subject It pushes information to you and is a one- stop shop for – Blogs – Web sites – Searches – Twitter feeds

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Social bookmarking – Keep online documents organized and have quick access to them – Offer a streamlined way to collaborate and share information – you dont have to e-mail separate links – Help with discovery by allowing you to search the bookmarks of others interested in the topic